BREAKING NEWS | Adjustments to Field Service Reporting

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24 minutes ago, DancesWithWife said:

My wife, when she was young said they had a board with all the publishers' names on it that had their service report displayed for all to see. This was in California. I do not recall this happening in my Washington State Congregation. I do recall the 10-hour goal being stressed at the service meeting. This was also when you could vacation pioneer for a two period with an expectation of getting 75 hours. "If circumstances prevent you from being a regular pioneer, a special arrangement is made so that you can “vacation” pioneer for one, two or more months. If you can vacation pioneer for only a couple of consecutive weeks, then the requirement is seventy-five hours"-A Letter from the Pioneers — Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY (jw.org)

I like how this paragraph in the linked article highlights what we view towards pioneering in general now:

 

In addition to the normal worship required by the Law, the Israelites could voluntarily make “a special vow to live as a Nazirite to Jehovah.” During that time they would abstain from some of the normal activities of life, in order to be especially “separated to Jehovah.” (Num. 6:2-8) Now today it is impossible for you to take a Nazirite vow, but as congregation publishers you can do something similar when you vacation pioneer. That’s why it’s considered as one of the “special privileges of service” in the “Lamp” book, pages 186 and 199.

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34 minutes ago, DancesWithWife said:

My wife, when she was young said they had a board with all the publishers' names on it that had their service report displayed for all to see. 

Intresting, it seems the brothers may have gone a little beyond instructions in what was posted onthe Board or maybe they made their own. There was no space in the one supplied by the society for names and thepaste in numbers did not include letters. I am 85 and remember it  being explained what the Board was about in 1945. That was in the "Eureka Company of Jehovah's of Witnesses" circa 1945.